Wrong Abbey Road?

Chances are, if you’re a Beatles fan and have visited London, you’ve trekked up to St. Johns Wood and visited Abbey Road studios just to get a photo of you in the same crosswalk made famous on the Abbey Road album cover.

Yes, even I’ve done it.

But about a year ago, a new railway station called Abbey Road has opened and is drawing numerous unsuspecting tourists looking for the famous crosswalk. Too bad it’s about 10 miles away from the original.

The new station is in an area not normally visited by tourists. Local business owners aren’t complaining because it is bringing people into the area who are spending money. There is even a crosswalk (zebra crossing) nearby that some are thinking is the “real deal.”

Businesses at the real location are complaining they’re losing customers and want the name of the new station changed. Don’t expect that to happen anytime soon.

Comments

[Graeme S]

Lol. I lived 10 minutes away form here a few years ago and every morning in the summer months my trip to work was extended due to tourists crossing at the Abbey Road studios. There are no signs below 6ft to stop people steeling them!

It was a funny start to the day though, and this new station sounds like a strange idea!